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Tony Williams and the Tractor

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Getting ready to go out last night I set my MP3 player to Herbie Hancock and Santana – Live Under the Sky 1981. Some of the tracks are the VSOP Quartet with Hancock (keyboards), Ron Carter (bass), Wynton Marsalis … Continue reading →

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Carmine Appice, Peter Criss Remember Gene Krupa at Criss Farewell

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Carmine Appice said through his Twitter account (June 17), “I went to Peter Criss’s. Last gig ever tonight…. He had a big band [and] even played Sing, Sing, Sing, a Gene Krupa song. His idol and mine.” Carmine’s … Continue reading →

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Doug Clifford: Music Quality Has Gone Down with Technology

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Scott K Fish

http://www.mrt.com Creedence drummer Doug Clifford ponders the then and now By Rich Lopez jrlopez@mrt.com Published 8:26 pm, Saturday, June 17, 2017 The music industry “Rock ‘n’ roll was pretty new when I started back in 1953. Radio was certainly different and … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Charlie Watts (1981)

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This interview with Charlie Watts took place in Charlie’s New York City hotel room on November 12, 1981. The Rolling Stones were on tour in America. Tina Turner was their opening act. The basic back story to this interview … Continue reading →

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Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys Fillmore East Concert Review (1970)

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I was barely sixteen years old when the first Jimi Hendrix Experience album was released. Jimi Hendrix on guitar/vocals, Mitch Mitchell on drums, and Noel Redding on bass. Theirs was such a great unique sound that stretched across … Continue reading →

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